Galley-lock.



No. 677,693. Patented July 2, i901. u. s. a. PEOPLES & c. F. WALTHER.

GALLEY LOCK.

(Applimtipn filed Nov. 30, 1900.)

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ULYSSES S. G. PEOPLES AND CHARLES F. WALTHER, OF BALTIMORE,

MARYLAND.

GALLEY-LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 677,693, dated July 2, 1901.

Application filed November 30, 1900. seTial 33|14OI (NO 11 41 To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that we,ULYssEs S. G. PEOPLES and CHARLES F. WALTHER, citizens of the United States, residing'at Baltimore, State of Maryland-,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Galley-Locks, of which the following is a specification. I ,Ourinvention relates to printers type-galleys; and its object is to provide a construction of type-galley and sidestick therefor wherein the latter by coaction with a side of the galley serves to lock up the type without the use of quoins, adjusting-screws, or other accessories.

The invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of our improved type-galley and sidestick, one side of the galley being partly broken away to show the forward end of the sidestick. Fig. 2 is a transverse section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail side view of the sidestick.

Referring to the drawings, A designates our improved type-galley which is of the usual form, with the exception that its lock-up side bar a is beveled or inclined on its inner wall I) and throughout its length from top to bottom. This bevel or inclination produces a greater width of the galley across at the top of the two side bars than at the bottom 71, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.

The sidestick Bis composed of any suitable metal or of wood, and its wall 0, which abuts against the said beveled wall I) of the sidebar, is beveled parallel to such wall-that is, it is wider at the top than at the bottom, as shown in Fig. 2-an*d the opposite wall at of said stick lies in a true vertical plane when the stick abuts against the inner beveled wall of the galley. The forward end of the sidestick B is provided at its top with a forwardlyprojecting lip c, which takes over and bears,

upon the transverse bar f, which forms one end of the galley. This projecting lip serves as a point of leverage when the rear projecting or handle end 9 of the sidestick is raised in order to remove the stick.

The practical operation of our improved type-galley and sidestick is as follows: Linotype slugs h, for instance, are set up in the galley. The sidestick B is then inserted with a wedge action down between the ends of the slugs and the beveled wall of the galley and by its wedge action firmly locks up the slugs. In order to release the slugs, they are pressed tightly together with one hand to retain them in place when the sidestick is raised, while the other hand presses upwardly on the handle end 9 of said stick, the end lip e resting upon the transverse end barf of the galley as a fulcrum and providing for the raising of the stick at that end.

We prefer to so proportion the thickness of the sidestick B with respect to the length of a slug that the bottom edge of the stick will be slightly spaced from the bottom c of the galley when the stick is firmly pressed down as far as it will go, which will thus obviate any tendency of the slugs to become loose when slightly worn or under size.

It will be seen that we have provided a very simple and efiective construction of type-galley and sidestick wherein the parallel abutting walls of the galley and stick beveled from top to bottom securely lock up the type and by which quoins and other accessories are done away with, thus rendering the galley cheap to manufacture and easy to handle.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a printers type-gab ley provided with a bottom, 2', one transverse end bar, f, and two side bars secured to the said bottom, the inner wall of one side bar being beveled from top to bottom whereby to produce a greater width across the galley at the top of the said two side bars than at the said bottom, 2'; and a sidestick adapted to 2 amass a forwardly projecting lip adapted to bear abut against said beveled Wall and wedge upon the transverse end bar of said galley, as

downwardly between it and the type resting on said bottom, as set forth. set forth.

2. The combination of aprinters type-galvIn testimony whereof we affix our signa- 15 ley having the inner wall of one side beveled tures in the'presenoe of twowitnesses.

from top to bottom whereby to produce a 1 greater width across the galley at the top of the side bars than at the bottom; and a side; stick adapted to abut against said beveled wall and wedge between it and the type, the

forward end of said stick being provided with Witnesses:

F. S. STITT, H. F. MEYER, J r. 

